Just read today's wanbao, you know the report flaming the hey gorgeous show (xiao hua xiao cao). Lack of sensitivity when choosing the challenges, lack of general knowledge and the likes. And that really set me thinking, not about them, but about the rest of us in general.

Before commenting, did it ever occur to anyone that its actually primarily just an entertainment variety show? Why take such a serious view on it? Look, asking them to remove their undergarments, or whatever form it may take, is just all in the name of good fun, if you are able to look at it from the right perspective. If you don't believe, just ask any young kid to watch the show. To them, it is just plain funny, or maybe "eeyir, shy shy..hahaha". Its those people, whose already tainted minds suggested otherwise, which led them to jump to conclusions that this segment was "sexually suggestive" and "polluting the minds of our young". You are the one with the polluted mind, because you fail to see the fun element and purpose behind each segment, only plainly letting sex guide your myopic views. In a nutshell, you fail to see the big clean picture, but only focus on what you choose to see, and then making a big fuss out of nothing at all. Get a life.

On top of that, people only see that hey bloody hell an undergrad dont even know whose our minister mentor. But have they ever thought of the situation surrounding them as they were posed that question? They were on national tv, and for most of them it was a first. Before commenting, why don't you try to be on national tv and see how well you perform. I bet my last penny at least 70% cannot even answer the primary school level math question correctly given the same circumstances. I was on national tv before, live, and it was for all of 6 seconds, and the focus wasnt even on me. The camera just happened to sweep past me. I was performing in NDP, and for your info, although the performance was a routine I could have done with my eyes closed, the very moment the camera lens focused on me, my legs were trembling and I almost screwed up.

My point is, why are we always so critical and so unforgiving? Is it our society that makes us this way? Speaking of which, you cannot really blame us for not knowing all these general knowledge, because cmon, it aint tested in the exams! This is the way we have evolved, aint it? What is important is what will come out for exams. And the rest? Forget it, good to know, don't know also never mind. Because essentially, it doesn't really matter. And those who are my age can testify to this. How many idiots memorised the whole history/geography/social studies/economics notes? Spot topic what, sounds familiar? And even then, when studying for a particular topic, how many aim to know the topic inside out? Many just aim to know what will be tested for exams? But can you blame us? We are just being exam-smart. Ace your exams, and you will go places, even if you do not know a lot of things. Even if you know every single cabinet minister of every single country, if you flunk your exams, you are out. End of story.

There are so many other things for you people to comment on, the budget, the policies, the environment, and you choose to flame the young for not knowing things that were not tested in the exams. Who were the ones who told the us that scoring in our exams was everything? Come on man, get a life. Give us a break. Comment on things that are more important, like the environment. There's a wave of green movement going on the past two weeks, but I think no one even bothered. Just look at Singapore River. As polluted as ever. There are so many things about our lifestyle that is so environmental-unfriendly, but its receiving much less attention than one undergrad not knowing whose our minister mentor. Its high time we rethink our priorities.